Melbourne Short-stay Property Management

Quickstay is a property management team based in Melbourne, specialising in managing short-stay holiday rentals. We help Melbourne property owners achieve higher returns than traditional rental agreements.

WE WORK. YOU RELAX.

Fast Set-Up

We’ll discuss a strategy to suit your needs, take professional photos, and get your property ready for listing across top holiday rental sites.

Hassle-free Management

Booking management, guest screening, 24/7 check-ins, cleaning and a personalised service to deliver top reviews.

Higher Returns

Why Choose Quickstay?

We are more than a short-stay management company. We’re also professional property investors who understand the importance of maximising rental returns so our clients can reach their financial goals much sooner.

Are you already a host but finding it too stressful?

Don’t want to deal with agents & all their fees?

Heading away on holiday or relocating for work?

No lock-in contracts or agent fees

No lock-in rates like long-term rentals

Ability to increase rates based on seasonality and events

Upfront guest payments - no chasing rent

Flexibility to block out dates for personal or family use

Reduced wear and tear on your property

Unlike agents, we only manage a small amount of properties, ensuring a tailored service experience to meet the needs of you and your guests. So spend time doing more of the things you love and leave it to us to take the hard work out of property leasing.

What our clients say

Quickstay has made the transition to short term rental for my investment property really easy and simple. They do all the coordinating with guests and then the preparation for the next visitor. I would thoroughly recommend Quickstay to anyone considering short term rental accommodation but who doesn’t have or want the time / hassle to deal with it. Thanks to the team!

Allan, South Yarra, Vic

Quickstay have been amazing looking after my two properties in Airlie Beach. Right from the beginning the attention to detail and customer service has been second to none. I look forward to continuing the relationship with Quickstay in the years ahead to assist in improving the cashflow position of my investments and those of my members here at The Property Mentors”

Luke Harris, Director, The Property Mentors

Quickstay are fantastic hosts for my property, especially when it came to crisis management when my newly built home experienced major plumbing issues and he had to deal with calls from guests a few days before Christmas. I was overseas at the time. He took charge and handled everything, while keeping the guests satisfied. Quickstay have shown me they are a company that cares.

Mehul, Dromana

I was impressed by Shannon's no-nonsense approach. He was honest and upfront in assessing my unit and provided improvement ideas to make it attractive for short term rentals. The occupancy rate has been high, my unit is looked after and payments are prompt. I strongly recommend Quickstay. Regards,

Shan, South Yarra, Vic

With their friendly nature, professionalism and ease of communication, the Quickstay team helped ease the nerves of hiring someone to manage my property. They were quick to build my trust and we still have a great relationship almost 2 years later.

Rachael, Perth

Extensive Short Term Rental Coverage

We are a team of professional property investors who bring a different approach to your everyday property management needs. Unlike most Airbnb and holiday rental management businesses that started with a love of travel, ours began through property investing and over the years we have learnt how to increase our returns and grow large property portfolios. Not only do we, as travellers ourselves, understand the feeling of staying like a local and enjoying the comforts of a home away from home, we understand the opportunity that the short-stay model offers investors to maximise their returns and create additional streams of income. We are currently managing properties around Melbourne, Victoria including the Melbourne CBD, Collingwood, Fitzroy, South Yarra, Prahran, Richmond, St Kilda, Southbank, Abbotsford, North Melbourne, East Melbourne, Brunswick, and South Melbourne. We also cover the Mornington Peninsula including Sorrento, Portsea, Rye, Blairgowrie, Dromana, and Mt Martha, and Geelong and the Surf Coast including Torquay and Barwon Heads.

Christie had a property in Perth in an area where there was an over-supply of rentals. After her tenant moved out she listed with an agent yet struggled for over 2 months to even get people coming to view it. She couldn’t afford to go any longer without rental income as it’s what she used to cover the mortgage so decided to give Airbnb a go. She felt she didn’t have any other choice and didn’t live locally to manage it herself.

Our research showed that whilst her suburb had a lot of vacant rentals, it was in a great location for tourists visiting Perth, close to popular Cottesloe Beach and the Fremantle to Perth train line.

We provided her with a list of things to purchase for her property to get it furnished and short-stay market ready (she managed to furnish her 2 bedroom apartment for around $3,000) and within 2 weeks of initially speaking with us she had a furnished property listed on Airbnb and receiving its own bookings, and positive reviews.

In a year when the Perth rental market was declining, she went from having a vacant property (which previously received $978 per month) to a monthly rental income of $1,858) – that’s a lift of 90%.

Husband and Wife Rod and Vicki previously had their St Kilda property with a local agent. Their tenant had moved out and after chatting with a friend who had success with Airbnb they decided to give us a call and see if we could help them achieve a bigger return
Their property was in a great location across from the beach and walking distance to cafes, bars and parks so ticked a lot of boxes.

We looked at their previous property returns in detail and shared with them some results in similar properties in the area. Let’s have a look at their property results after a 12 month period.

TRADITIONAL RENT

QUICKSTAY MANAGEMENT

Weekly Rent

$350

Average Nightly Rate

$114

Management Fee 7%

$25

Occupancy Rate %

71%

Joining Fee 2.5 Weeks

$875

Days Occupied

259

Marketing/Admin Fees

$400

Yearly Return

$29,543

Vacant Property 2 Weeks

$700

Management Fee 20%

$5,908

Yearly Rent

$18,200

Running Bills (Utilities/Internet)

$1,350

Yearly Fee

$3,249

Airbnb fee

$2,068

Return after Fees

$14,951

Return after Fees

$20,216

Average Nightly Rate

$41

Average Nightly Rate

$54

35% HIGHER RETURN

As you can see we increased their previous nightly rate of $41 per day over 12 months to $54 a night. That’s just over $5,000 extra in their pocket.

Each property is different and could range from a $2,500 higher return to in some cases as high as $18,000 in 1 year.

Sue and John gave hosting a go but realised they didn’t have the time to put in the hours which were like a second job. They received messages at a variety of times from people all over the world asking questions about the property, how to get there from the airport and what activities to plan in the area. Then there were other management tasks; cleaning for guest arrival, meeting guests (sometimes at 11pm at night), washing linen, going shopping to replace bathroom & kitchen items…and the list kept going!

When they spoke with Quickstay we helped them understand that we could make their property work for them and not the other way around.

With our knowledge and experience in short-term accommodation we were able to achieve the following for them:
1. Free up their time
2. Increase their occupancy rates
3. Increase their profit margin

We have a fantastic relationship with Sue and John and we’re very pleased to see we’ve made a difference. If you too need a break from the extra stress then contact us today, we’ll be happy to take that stress away from you, while making you more money at the same time.

THANKS FOR CONTACTING US

We look forward to chatting to you about your short-term rental property needs.
One of our friendly team members will be in touch within 1-2 business days.

Property Setup Additions

Interior Assessment

-Provide tips on staging your property to get maximum effect and wow factor

Photography

-Professional photos of “that perfect shot” to really bring your property to life

Property Manuals

-Unique designed property manuals to ensure your guests have the perfect stay,plus includes guides on what to do locally. Eat.Drink.Play

Key lock boxes

-We will purchase and install safety key lock boxes to accommodate guests with super early or late check-ins

Listing

-Your listing is your number 1 selling point. Get this right your guests book. Get it wrong and they keep searching. We turn searches into bookings